Broadway stars gather in Orlando for benefit concerts

Some of Broadway’s biggest stars will take part in two benefit concerts in Orlando to support several organizations in response to the shootings at the Pulse nightclub last month.

Two-time Tony Award winner is among the stars performing in "From Broadway with Love: A Benefit Concert for Orlando." (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

At 7 p.m. July 24, the Broadway cast of the Tony-winning musical “Fun Home” will present a concert version of the show to raise money for victims and their families and for Equality Florida. The performers include Tony-winner Michael Cerveris, four-time Tony nominee Judy Kuhn, and Beth Malone, a Tony nominee for her role as cartoonist Alison Bechdel. Tickets start at $30.

Tony Award-winner Kelli O'Hara is part of the cast of a benefit concert for the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting and their families. (Andrew Burton/Pool Photo via AP)

At 7:30 p.m. July 25, Tony Award-winners Chita Rivera, Norbert Leo Butz, Kelli O’Hara, Jessie Mueller and Brian Stokes Mitchell join such stars as Andrea McArdle, Lillias White, Andrea Burns, Josh Henry and Liz Callaway for “From Broadway with Love: A Benefit Concert for Orlando.” Many of the artists are heard in the recent benefit recording of “What the World Needs Now is Love.” Tickets start at $20.

Both programs will be in the Walt Disney Theater in the Dr. Phillips Center, 445 S. Magnolia Ave., Orlando. For more information: 844-513-2014; Drphillipscenter.org.

Jay Handelman

Jay Handelman is the theater and television critic for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, where he has worked since 1984. He also is President of the Foundation of the American Theatre Critics Association and a two-time past chairman of the association's executive committee. He can be reached by email or call (941) 361-4931. Follow him at @jayhandelman on Twitter. Make sure to "Like" Arts Sarasota on Facebook for news and reviews of the arts.

Last modified: July 22, 2016
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